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INTRODUCTION OF THE SYSTEM

PREFACE: WHY INTEGRATE CARBON REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS?
Recent developments in climate change have made it more urgent for us as nations,
networks and communities to shift the gear of sustainability from idealism to action.
Currently, we need a direct response to the climate change spectre, which has inadvertently
moved from an idle threat to a global phenomenon. Climate change a global problem
requiring action on a global scale - has the capacity to offset all of mankinds past economic
achievements and reduce our socio-economic conditions. Humanity is faced with a
downgrading of our standards of living and economic progress, or even a disaster in the era
of future generations. We are now increasingly witnessing the signs of the debilitating threat
of global warming and the uncertainty over long-term energy supplies.
Buildings consume approximately 50 percent of electricity produced in the world. As a
result, buildingswhether commercial, institutional and residentialare responsible for
approximately 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Majority come from
burning fossil fuels to operate the buildings, while others come from manufacturing of
materials as well as operations and long-term maintenances.
Hence, the primary objective of this system is to create a built environment that can respond
to the need to minimise carbon emission and even zero-rise net carbon emissions of the
built environment. It also intends to address a more holistic and net benefits of the socioeconomic aspects of sustainability.
The development of the system recognizes the need for performance-based standards in
addressing green building design and construction to provide a framework linking
sustainability indicators to performance-based index. This serves to mitigate climate change.
The system is founded on the principle that a model standard must address building
performance beyond those captured by the current rating systems or other evaluation
guides. Therefore, it shall be useable and adoptable to be an effective in the construction
industry.
The main principle of the system is that economic growth should be spurred in ways that
minimise environmental impacts of the built environment. By creating efficient energy and
transport systems and implementing best practices in building design, construction and
maintenance, everyone will share the benefits of increased prosperity in a clean and safe
environment.

INTRODUCTION
The Green Building Rating Tool is a designed sustainable building rating system or tool that
aims to quantify, hence reduce, built environments impact in terms of carbon emissions and
environmental implications, while taking into account a more holistic life-cycle view of the
built environment. It also aims to integrate socio-economic considerations relating to the
built environment and urban development.
AIMS
1. To integrate carbon assessment criteria and reduction strategies into the matrix of a
combined sustainable assessment rating system of the built environment.
2. To provide a more holistic rating system by integrating and extending the present
criteria into life cyclelinked performances and issues.
3. To extend the present green building assessment into life-cycle impacts and its
quantification.
4. To combine both carbon emission and sustainable performance factors into a
combined
criterion linked to the design, construction, commissioning and
operations of buildings.
5. To be in line with the aims of Low Carbon City Framework and Assessment System by
KETTHA.

OBJECTIVES

1. To quantify the environmental impacts of the built environment in both

carbon reduction and sustainable impact terms.
2. To ensure the best environmental practice according to global and local
standards and targets.
3. To maintain and improve a database of impacts and best practice case
studies to reduce carbon emissions in design and life-cycle impacts.
4. To raise awareness of the life-cycle impacts of the built environment and
its components.
5. To balance robustness with durability and practicality and ease of use.
6. To produce a tool flexible enough to be used by all stake holders,
consultants and contractors and for all building types and scenarios .
7. To balance long and short term targets.
8. To balance environmental and human socioeconomic issues.

KEY DEFINITIONS
As a working definition list in the system, the definitions are as follows:

1) Certification Phase the three certification awards which have their own scorecards for
the three main phases of the system.
2) Criteria the category or group of points.
3) Sub-criteria the term which means point
4) Scorecard the list of maximum points or sub-criteria in the system (S, CR and CI subcriteria), which an applicant can choose from for any project.
This definition list will be finalised, added to and amended from time to time.

CRITERIAS

There are 9 CRITERIA (or more commonly known as CATEGORY) in the system:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

PRE DESIGN (PD)

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEQUESTRATION (IS)
ENERGY PEFROMANCE IMPACTS (EP)
OCCUPANT & HEALTH (OH)
LOWERING the EMBODIED CARBON (EC)
WATER EFFICIENCY FACTORS (WE)
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY (SC)
DEMOLITION & DISPOSAL FACTORS (DP)
SUSTAINABLE AND CARBON INITIATIVES (IN)

These criteria are then implemented according to three certification phases: DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS. Depending on which phase, the criteria is adjusted for
different requirements and relevance according to that phase.

3. Energy Performance
Impacts
4. Occupant & Health
5. Embodied Carbon
6. Water Efficiency
7. Social &Cultural
Sustainability
8. Sustainable &Carbon
Initiatives

1. Infrastructure and
Sequestration
2. Energy Performance
Impacts
3. Occupant & Health
4. Embodied Carbon
5. Water Efficiency
6. Social &Cultural
Sustainability
7. Demolition &Disposal
Factors
8. Sustainable &Carbon
Initiatives

Operations and Maintenance

Stage

2. Infrastructure and
Sequestration

Construction Stage

Design Stage

1. Pre Design

1. Infrastructure and
Sequestration
2. Energy Performance
Impacts
3. Occupant & Health
4. Embodied Carbon
5. Water Efficiency
6. Waste Management &
Reduction
7. Sustainable Facility
Management
8. Sustainable &Carbon
Initiatives

Figure 1: The breakdown of each certification phase into the criteria of points

THE RATING SYSTEM: CHARACTERISTIC, FEATURES & HIGHLIGHT

The following summary and key points attempt to give an overview of the key features,
characteristics and highlights of the system, including its scorecards and calculators.
1. The structure of the system is based on total points accumulation and weightage
between criteria of site, energy and water, Material and Indoor environment are
based on a broad and in-depth study of the weightage given to various international
green systems in the world. These include LEED, CEPAS, HKBEAM, GRIHA, GBI and
GREENMARK. The scoring weightage reflects the average weightage from the
combination of these green building and sustainable rating systems.
2. As Malaysia is yet to have a carbon intensity database or carbon index of buildings
and master plan, the present system converts points to carbon emission values.
However, key points such as energy and water are based on the award of
percentage savings on emissions above a baseline value. These savings are
converted to points and reconverted to carbon emission value in the system total
carbon summation page.

3. Many of the features, ratings and emphasis are taken from a combination of
GreenPASS carbon assessment system developed by the CIDB and pHJKR developed
by the Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia.
RATING CLASSIFICATION

The system rating is divided into five levels starting from one star to highest 5 star. Table
below show between score and the star rating.

MYCREST RATING

Percentage SCORE
(%)
80-100
70 79
60 69
50 59
40 - 49

In the system, every development will have three types of certification awarded at each
stage (Design, Construction and Operation and Maintenance).